onenote audio recording quality *urgent
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thejoker1993
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The highest mine goes up to is 20 it was previously set at 12
First off the bat, there isn't anything that can be done about your current recordings. Unfortunately the data simply isn't there so no real way of cleaning it up. It might be possible to clean up the audio a little (remove some background noise) but not much more.
To get the higher quality options above change the Codec from Windows Media Audio 9 to 10. You will then get a heap more options. Remember the high the bit rate the larger the file.
Also make sure that the device is set up as 'Default Device' and Input is 'Master'.
Next make sure your volumes for the mic are good. Go to your Desktop and right click on the Speaker in the Notification area (bottom right of Task bar). From the pop-up menu select 'Recording Devices'. The default device should be Microphone. Click on it and select Properties. Go to Levels and make sure it's not muted, volume is set (75+) and you have the 'Microphone Boost' on +10db. Your microphone should now be pretty responsive.
Now give recording in OneNote a try. Setup your Surface, start recording and head over the other side of the room (there is mics front and back on the Surface, so it shouldn't matter which way the mic is facing). Make sure you get good volume and quality from the recording and the file is of a sensible size. Make adjustments to the Mic volume as needed and you should be good to go.
Out of interest when you play your original recordings how long does Media Player say they are (check the progress bar at the bottom)? Did your Surface go to sleep while recording (which might have stopped it recording)?
To get the higher quality options above change the Codec from Windows Media Audio 9 to 10. You will then get a heap more options. Remember the high the bit rate the larger the file.
Also make sure that the device is set up as 'Default Device' and Input is 'Master'.
Next make sure your volumes for the mic are good. Go to your Desktop and right click on the Speaker in the Notification area (bottom right of Task bar). From the pop-up menu select 'Recording Devices'. The default device should be Microphone. Click on it and select Properties. Go to Levels and make sure it's not muted, volume is set (75+) and you have the 'Microphone Boost' on +10db. Your microphone should now be pretty responsive.
Now give recording in OneNote a try. Setup your Surface, start recording and head over the other side of the room (there is mics front and back on the Surface, so it shouldn't matter which way the mic is facing). Make sure you get good volume and quality from the recording and the file is of a sensible size. Make adjustments to the Mic volume as needed and you should be good to go.
Out of interest when you play your original recordings how long does Media Player say they are (check the progress bar at the bottom)? Did your Surface go to sleep while recording (which might have stopped it recording)?
malberttoo
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Good write-up.
You may as well use your phone to record if you don't like the idea of a mic plugged into your USB port. If you want your audio to be part of OneNote, you can import it in. I don't believe you're going to get much improvement using the built in mic facing you no matter what setting you mess with.
Surely there will be an improvement going from 8kb/s to 320kb/s..
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thejoker1993
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Wow thank you, will try this out.
When I set it to windows media audio 10, whats a good setting to choose the recording level at. I don't want to have a 50 gb audio file. lol
I can vouch for this mic as I used it extensively back when I was taking classes. It's a fantastic quality mic for the price and I highly recommend it for lectures.
